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Characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isolated from HIV-exposed-uninfected and HIV-unexposed infants in South Africa during 2015-2017.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 1 Jul 2020
Liu Hui, Lu Bin, Tabor David E, Tovchigrechko Andrey, Wilkins Deidre, Jin Hong, Madhi Shabir A, Soofie Nasiha, Esser Mark T, Nunes Marta C
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BACKGROUND: RSV is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants. Monitoring RSV glycoprotein sequences is critical for understanding RSV epidemiology and viral antigenicity in the effort to develop anti-RSV prophylactics and therapeutics. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to characterize the circulating RSV strains collected from infants in South Africa during 2015-2017. METHODS: A subset of 150...
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